Author Archives for Djibril Balde

Namibians urged not to assist foreigners to acquire IDs

August 1, 2017 10:39 am Published by Comments Off on Namibians urged not to assist foreigners to acquire IDs

Nkurenkuru-The Minister of Home Affairs and Immigration Pendukeni  Ivula-Ithana says Namibians should be patriotic citizens and protect their country jealously by ensuring they do not write letters as community leaders or make Police declarations, issue baptismal certificates supporting foreigners who […]


Ethiopie: les rastafari vont enfin bénéficier des cartes d’identité

July 28, 2017 10:22 am Published by Comments Off on Ethiopie: les rastafari vont enfin bénéficier des cartes d’identité

C’est un pas important que le gouvernement éthiopien vient de franchir en annonçant ce vendredi qu’il allait remettre des cartes d’identité aux rastafari, garantissant la jouissance d’un certain nombre de droits aux membres de la secte messianique d’origine jamaïcaine qui […]


Zimbabwe: Importance of birth registration

July 19, 2017 11:35 am Published by Comments Off on Zimbabwe: Importance of birth registration

It is every child’s right to have their existence recorded and accounted for, to get an identity and to have that identity registered. Giving a child a name is essentially introducing them to the world and it is necessary to […]


Ghana’s automated birth registration programme commended

July 19, 2017 11:24 am Published by Comments Off on Ghana’s automated birth registration programme commended

Participants at the just ended National Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability conference in Accra have lauded Ghana’s automated birth registration programme, an initiative between Tigo, UNICEF and the Ghana Births and Deaths Registry. Making a presentation to conference participants drawn from […]


Birth registration now at the doorstep of Nigerians

July 18, 2017 11:16 pm Published by Comments Off on Birth registration now at the doorstep of Nigerians

When the United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF in collaboration with the Bauchi state government and the National Population Commission, NPC, flagged off the massive birth registration campaign of children under the age of five years in the state, residents of communities […]


Un enfant sur deux sans identité en Afrique subsaharienne

July 15, 2017 12:25 pm Published by Comments Off on Un enfant sur deux sans identité en Afrique subsaharienne

Le 9 mai 2017, la lutte contre l’apatridie faisait un pas de plus en Afrique de l’Ouest. Ce jour-là, à Banjul, la Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO) a adopté un Plan d’action pour régulariser le million […]


Etat civil au Burkina : “Tous les Burkinabè doivent être enregistrés”, dit la directrice générale de la modernisation de l’état civil, Awa Compaoré

July 13, 2017 12:38 pm Published by Comments Off on Etat civil au Burkina : “Tous les Burkinabè doivent être enregistrés”, dit la directrice générale de la modernisation de l’état civil, Awa Compaoré

La communauté Sant’Egidio (coopération italienne) via son programme BRAVO !, en collaboration avec le ministère de l’administration territoriale et de la décentralisation, a organisé un atelier de formation au profit d’acteurs de l’état civil pour l’enregistrement universel des naissances au Burkina. […]


Nigeria: Children U-5 to get birth certificates in Bauchi‎

July 12, 2017 8:33 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Children U-5 to get birth certificates in Bauchi‎

The ongoing under five children registration exercise across the 20 local government areas of Bauchi State is recording a high turnout.‎ Bauchi State‎ state government, the European Union (EU) in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and the National […]


Ghana: ‘Let’s register children for birth certificates

July 11, 2017 8:15 am Published by Comments Off on Ghana: ‘Let’s register children for birth certificates

Nkwanta Cluster Manager of World Vision Ghana, Mrs Salomey Yeboah, has appealed to parents to register their children for birth certificates since it is their rights and its denial a criminal act. She said the issuance of birth certificates was […]


Registration of children born overseas from South African parents

July 10, 2017 11:42 am Published by Comments Off on Registration of children born overseas from South African parents

Breytenbachs highly recommends that children born outside South Africa to South African parents, be registered as South African citizens at the nearest SA Embassy / SA High Commission to where the parents reside. The application is done using a foreign […]


Nigeria: Birth, death registration may substitute census if… —NPC boss

July 10, 2017 10:55 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: Birth, death registration may substitute census if… —NPC boss

THE registration of births and deaths across the country can substitute for census with the construction of more registration centres, the chairman, National Population Commission (NPC), Eze Duruiheoma on Thursday disclosed. He said the about 4,000 birth registration centres in […]


Cameroun – Débat: Pourquoi la double nationalité fait peur au régime ?

July 9, 2017 10:20 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun – Débat: Pourquoi la double nationalité fait peur au régime ?

Du 28 juin au 30 juin 2017 l’Etat du Cameroun a convié les camerounais de l’étranger au Forum de la diaspora baptisé «Fodias 2017». Durant ces assises qui ont eu lieu à Yaoundé dans la Région du Centre, le Quotidien […]